MARK BROWN is an award-winning writer and actor. His play Around the World in 80 Days has literally been produced around the world. Awards for 80 DAYS include two Lillie Stoates Awards, including Best Production (Orlando Shakespeare Festival), four Shellie Awards, including Best Production (Center Rep Theatre), five Sarasota Magazine Theater Award nominations (Florida Studio Theatre) and two Los Angeles Ovation Award Nominations (the Colony Theatre). The Sacramento Bee named 80 Days Best Theatrical Comedy of 2004, the Morning Call named it the Best Production of 2005, and it became the number-one-selling show in The B Street Theatre's history.

 

Mark's play The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge has been called "a sequel worthy of Dickens' approval," "a worthy new entry into the holiday canon," and is the number-one-selling show in the Taproot Theatre's history. His adaptation of The Little Prince (co-written with Paul Kiernen) set box office records at the Hippodrome Theatre and the Orlando Theatre Project. His play Poe: Deep Into That Darkness Peering (co-written with Mark Rector) hasn't won a thing but, according to Mark, it's a darn good play and should be produced more often. Mark recently completed his first musical (with music arrangements by Paul Mirkovich) called China---The Whole Enchilada, the complete 4000-year history of China, told in song, dance and borscht belt jokes.

 

Mark received his acting training at the American Conservatory Theatre and has appeared in theatres across the country, including the Tony Award-winning companies South Coast Repertory, the McCarter Theatre (Company member: five years), and the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Films include Out of Sight (with George Clooney), Holy Man (with Eddie Murphy and Jeff Goldblum) and Amy's O (Winner Best Film: Santa Barbara Film Festival). Notable TV credits include the Emmy Award- winning series From the Earth to the Moon (with Tom Hanks), House, Ally McBeal, Providence, Diagnosis Murder, and countless commercials and made-for-TV films. His song "Bring Me Back Home," which he wrote and performed, appears in the film The Dig.

 

Mark lives in New York City with his wife, daughter, and dog and dreams of living in a chateau in France.